About block 951,558
Bitcoin block 951,558 was mined by AntPool on May 29, 2026 at 11:17 AM UTC, 6 min 31 s after block 951,557. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,799 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0191 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1441 BTC for this block.
Block 951,558 is number 7 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 2,009 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 98,442 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. AntPool found 199 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 23,959 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.